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ESCATAWPA, Miss. (AP) -- Authorities said an 8-year-old Escatawpa girl remained in critical condition after being shot in the throat in an apparent accidental discharge of a firearm.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said the girl was wounded Saturday at her home.
She is being treated at Read More...

MOORE HAVEN, Fla. (AP) -- An overloaded church van ran through a stop sign, crossed all four lanes of a dark rural highway and nosedived into a canal, killing eight people and injuring 10 early Monday in southwest Florida, authorities said.
"They didn't see that Read More...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL has fined the Atlanta Falcons, stripped the organization of a draft pick and suspended team president Rich McKay from the league's Competition Committee beginning April 1 following the team's use of fake noise at home games.
In statement released Read More...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The New Orleans Saints said they are aware cornerback Brian Dixon was arrested in Miami on Sunday morning and booked with resisting an officer.
Nola.com reports (http://bit.ly/1CzO8ce ) that he posted bond and was released from jail Sunday morning after being booked Read More...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- John Calipari's platoon system gives most players on Kentucky's roster the opportunity to be the X-factor in any given game.
In the NCAA Tournament, the player who will most likely have to fill that role will be Devin Booker, a Moss Point native. Read More...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- The stars of a charity calendar are in their 80s and 90s, but that didn't stop the women from an assisted living facility in Ohio from showing a little skin.
Miss March, who's 88, wears a green top hat and not Read More...

Blue Cross & Blue Shield presents
The 28th Annual Taste of Mississippi, a Benefit for Stewpot
Monday, March 30, 2015
7:00-10:00 PM
Highland Village, Jackson, MS
The 28th Annual Taste of Mississippi will be held event will be held Monday, March 30, at Highland Village. The event will feature culinary delights from 45 fine Read More...

By LOUISE WATT
BEIJING (AP) — Vin Diesel said Friday that the latest "Fast & Furious" film deserves a best picture Oscar but has two strikes against it when it comes to the Academy — it's an action flick and it's a sequel.
"Do I shy away Read More...

The Mississippi Link Newswire
Below is the summary of several pieces of legislation the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office will support in the 2015 Legislative Session.
1. Autism Advocate Bill– This bill requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. HB Read More...

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- The Mississippi Power Co. and the Public Service Commission are asking the state's highest court to reconsider its ruling overturning rate increases to fund the company's Kemper County power plant and ordering $200 million in refunds.
In separate court filings Thursday, Read More...

By MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court argument over subsidies that help millions of people afford their health insurance suggests that the Obama administration has two chances to attract one critical vote.
The justices will gather in private Friday to cast their votes in the Read More...

By ALICIA CHANG
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" linked to a type of medical scope that's used on more than a half-million people in the U.S. every year, the hospital said Wednesday.
The revelation comes Read More...

WEST POINT, Mississippi (AP) -- Zuber Park, located on U.S. Highway 45 in West Point, was named for the city's first black physician.
The family of Dr. Thomas L. Zuber is looking to update the history of the park's namesake with a new plaque commemorating Read More...

MOORE HAVEN, Fla. (AP) -- An overloaded church van ran through a stop sign, crossed all four lanes of a dark rural highway and nosedived into a canal, killing eight people and injuring 10 early Monday in southwest Florida, authorities said.
"They didn't see that Read More...

By JAY REEVES
(AP) Probate judges must again decide whether to issue wedding licenses to gay couples after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage is legal, despite a federal court's decision to the contrary.
The all-Republican court sided with a pair of conservative Read More...

Activist….Leader….Lecturer….Author….Trailblazer…Powerhouse
Known as “Sistah Hurricane,” Stephanie Parker Weaver, a cherished wife, mother, sister, and friend, was born September 30, 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi. Stephanie was the third of four children of the late Frank and Carolyn Travis Parker. On March 24, 2015, she joined her Read More...

MOSS POINT, Mississippi (AP) -- The deputy U.S. marshal who died in a shootout was a leader who carried on his family's legacy in law enforcement, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday at his funeral.
Holder delivered the eulogy for Josie Wells at Wade Baptist Read More...

MOSS POINT, Mississippi (AP) -- A funeral will be held next week for Josie Wells, a deputy U.S. marshal who was killed in the line of duty.
Arrangements were announced Thursday by Wells' alma mater, Jackson State University.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m. Monday at Wade Baptist Read More...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi's College Board is preparing to offer a two-year contract extension to the University of Mississippi chancellor whom they had previously refused to retain, individuals with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday.
Discussions to fine-tune the agreement with Chancellor Dan Jones Read More...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed a $2.5 billion budget for elementary and secondary schools, putting in place one of the biggest pieces of an overall state government spending plan for the coming year.
Bryant signed the bill the same Read More...

By JEFF AMY
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi finds itself in turmoil after trustees ousted well-liked Chancellor Dan Jones, with more than 2,000 students and faculty rallying to his defense Wednesday on the Oxford campus.
Jones helped drive record enrollment and fund-raising, increasing the Read More...

By Kevin P. Chavous
After giving a recent education reform speech in Georgia, a thirty-something man approached me to discuss my views on the increasing school expulsion rate for kids, particularly boys of color. He told me that his wife was a special education teacher; Read More...

The Mississippi Link Newswire
What follows is the speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves that he read to the three young white defendants right before he sentenced them for the death of James Craig Anderson, the 48-year-old Black man. Anderson was beaten and killed Read More...

As a very young boy, I would love to wake up on Saturday mornings and watch Tarzan starring Johnny Weissmuller. The programs were all re-runs from the 1930's and 40's and they featured the main character leading, outsmarting and outfighting the savage native Africans Read More...

ESCATAWPA, Miss. (AP) -- Authorities said an 8-year-old Escatawpa girl remained in critical condition after being shot in the throat in an apparent accidental discharge of a firearm.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said the girl was wounded Saturday at her home.
She is being treated at Read More...

TERRY, Miss. (AP) -- Terry Mayor Roderick Nicholson was arrested Monday on embezzlement charges tied to accusations that he used a city credit card to pay for $2,700 in repairs to two personal vehicles, authorities said.
State Auditor Stacey Pickering and Attorney General Jim Hood Read More...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A house party that dissolved into a hail of gunfire and left seven young people hurt has officials on the Florida Panhandle pondering what to do with a spring break season they say has gotten out of control.
The Read More...

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